Survey Data
Reg No
20508042
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Technical
Original Use
Turbine house
In Use As
Factory
Date
1895 - 1905
Coordinates
168225, 71680
Date Recorded
04/08/1993
Date Updated
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Description
Six-bay double-height electricity generating station, c. 1900, having camber-headed openings, pair of Dutch gables and blind openings; now site of National Sculpture Factory.
Appraisal
This is an important brick industrial building, part of a group of brick industrial and commercial buildings on this site, with an important connection with the industrial history of the city as an electricity generating station, and a continuing cultural significance through its use as the National Sculpture Factory.